There are many ways to keep slugs out of your yard and away from your plants, ranging from traps and distractions to hands-on removal methods.

In good news for organic, eco-friendly gardening, the sale and use of slug pellets is now officially banned in the UK. The new legislation came into force on 1st April 2022. Metaldehyde pellets have ...

Question: Something is eating the leaves of many of my flowers, including my zinnias, hostas, dahlias and petunias. I don’t see any Japanese beetles or other bugs on them, but there are holes in the ...

Regular and even abundant rainfall in the spring and early summer has encouraged high populations of snails and slugs this year. Snails and slugs belong to the mollusk family along with oysters. They ...

Slugs and snails become increasingly common during autumn months as they thrive in wet conditions and amongst plentiful fallen leaves, yet there's a simple way to get rid of them for good. Experts ...

Snails and slugs are common pests in gardens. They belong to the mollusk family along with oysters, and they crawl along over a thin layer of slime that they produce to ease their way. Snails carry a ...

The slug season is upon us, it seems. I recently pulled the first little brown slug off one of my garden plants. There will be more! The proper common name of the small brown slug is reticulate ...